Table 4.

The hazard ratio of categorized lymphocytes and T cells.

Biomarker	Level	Overall	Stable	Aggravated	Hazard ratio (95% CI)
		N	N(%)	N(%)	Unadjusted	Adjusted†
Lymphocyte count (cells/nL)	≤1.29	150	118 (78.7)	32 (21.3)	Reference	Reference
	>1.29	161	151 (93.8)	10 (6.2)	0.28 (0.14, 0.57)***	0.33 (0.16, 0.68)**
T cell count (cells/mm3)	≤711	44	33 (75)	11 (25)	Reference	Reference
	>711	120	111 (92.5)	9 (7.5)	0.29 (0.12, 0.7)**	0.32 (0.13, 0.82)**
CD4+ count (cells/mm3)	≤409	43	31 (72.1)	12 (27.9)	Reference	Reference
	>409	121	113 (93.4)	8 (6.6)	0.22 (0.09, 0.54)*	0.24 (0.1, 0.58)**
CD8+ count (cells/mm3)	≤362	85	70 (82.4)	15 (17.6)	Reference	Reference
	>362	79	74 (93.7)	5 (6.3)	0.34 (0.13, 0.95)*	0.4 (0.14, 1.14)
T cell (%)	≤68.4	86	69 (80.2)	17 (19.8)	Reference	Reference
	>68.4	78	75 (96.2)	3 (3.8)	0.19 (0.05, 0.64)**	0.20 (0.06, 0.68)*
CD4+ (%)	≤34.7	62	49 (79)	13 (21)	Reference	Reference
	>34.7	102	95 (93.1)	7 (6.9)	0.31 (0.12, 0.77)***	0.29 (0.12, 0.73)**
CD8+ (%)	≤20.2	54	43 (79.6)	11 (20.4)	Reference	Reference
	>20.2	110	101 (91.8)	9 (8.2)	0.39 (0.16, 0.93)*	0.44 (0.18, 1.1)

^†Adjusted for age.

^*P < .05.

^**P < .01.

^***P < .001.